Conservation nonprofits sue feds over wolverine management
Listed as a threatened species in 2023, wolverines are currently found in several mountain ranges throughout Montana. (Courtesy of Howie Wolke)
A coalition of environmental groups is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to designate critical habitat for wolverines.
The snow-loving mustelids were listed as threatened in November 2023, primarily because of the effects of climate change. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is required to designate critical habitat for an animal within a year of it being added to the Endangered Species Act, but officials have yet to begin the often long and tedious process of delineating critical habitat for the wolverine.